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'''Ludwig von Mises''' (1881–1973) was an Austrian economist, the leading theorist of the Austrian School and of praxeology — economics as a deductive science from the axiom of human action.
'''Ludwig von Mises''' is a retard who thinks economics is magic.


== Doctrines ==
That's the whole thing. He built an entire "science" (praxeology) on the claim that since nobody can see the future, only magic prices can coordinate society — therefore planning is impossible, therefore capitalism is eternal, QED. Define economics as whatever markets do, then "prove" markets are indispensable because look, economics.
* '''Economic calculation problem''': without market prices for capital goods, socialist planning cannot rationally allocate resources (1920 essay; see [[Economic Calculation Problem]]).
* '''Theory of money and credit''': business cycles originate in credit expansion below the natural rate of interest (Austrian Business Cycle Theory).
* '''Subjective value''': marginal utility revolution completed; value is not intrinsic.
* Apriorism: economic laws are deduced from action, not tested empirically ("praxeology").


== Politics ==
Haz on the calculation problem ([https://infrared-transcripts.pages.dev/en/kick/infrared/10ec3a31-ea24-45c9-8219-68350a003135/ INTENSE DEBATES stream]): "It's complete bullshit. The burden is not on me to debunk anything. There's nothing to debunk. It was based on faulty premises from the beginning." The premise: everything must collapse into one number (price) for anyone to coordinate anything — while the actual global economy is already centrally coordinated down to the pencil ([[Economic Calculation Problem]]).
Mises was an uncompromising laissez-faireist, advising (and later admitting sympathy for) Austrofascism as a stopgap against Bolshevism — a fact his disciples downplay. His student Hayek popularized his calculation argument; Rothbard radicalized him into anarcho-capitalism.


== Marxist assessment ==
The school's function ([https://infrared-transcripts.pages.dev/en/kick/infrared/78727f1b-bfd6-49fc-863e-bf67603855f7/ MASSIVE DEBATE ROYALE stream]): after Marx brought classical political economy to its conclusion, "the bourgeoisie needed a more subjectivist, pseudoscientific economic science to explain why capitalism is the best" enter Mises and his students ([[Friedrich August Hayek]], [[Milton Friedman]]).
The calculation debate forced socialists to clarify planning mechanisms (market socialism, input-output computation, cybernetics — Glushkov's OGAS). But Mises' framework excludes exploitation, class, and power: exchange appears as pure harmony. Infrared treats the Austrian School as the scholasticism of finance capital see [[Friedrich August Hayek]], [[Murray N. Rothbard]], [[Hans Hermann-Hoppe]].
 
== See also ==
* [[Economic Calculation Problem]]


== References ==
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Latest revision as of 11:02, 21 August 2026

Ludwig von Mises is a retard who thinks economics is magic.

That's the whole thing. He built an entire "science" (praxeology) on the claim that since nobody can see the future, only magic prices can coordinate society — therefore planning is impossible, therefore capitalism is eternal, QED. Define economics as whatever markets do, then "prove" markets are indispensable because look, economics.

Haz on the calculation problem (INTENSE DEBATES stream): "It's complete bullshit. The burden is not on me to debunk anything. There's nothing to debunk. It was based on faulty premises from the beginning." The premise: everything must collapse into one number (price) for anyone to coordinate anything — while the actual global economy is already centrally coordinated down to the pencil (Economic Calculation Problem).

The school's function (MASSIVE DEBATE ROYALE stream): after Marx brought classical political economy to its conclusion, "the bourgeoisie needed a more subjectivist, pseudoscientific economic science to explain why capitalism is the best" — enter Mises and his students (Friedrich August Hayek, Milton Friedman).

See also

References